28 Jul
2016
28 Jul
'16
1:57 p.m.
Michael Kjörling scripsit:
But this time, very often it's _actually_
_someone
else's computer_; it's not just sitting in some other department
within the company.
Nothing new about that either: "service bureaus" have been around a
long time, notably for APL\360.
Now all that's really missing is that
stationwagon loaded with tapes
Now replaced by the Fedexed hard drive. Xkcd estimates that if they did
nothing else, Fedex would be able to transmit 14 petabits per second.
Companies dealing in big data often use this internally, and IIRC you
can donate content to the Internet Archive by sending them a disk.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan(a)ccil.org
At times of peril or dubitation,
Perform swift circular ambulation,
With loud and high-pitched ululation.